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Joint festival celebration builds peace in Pakistan

More than 200 people from Pakistan’s different faith communities were brought together by the diocese of Raiwind’s peacebuilding department to mark three significant religious festivals as part of efforts to promote understanding, respect, and to build relationships between people of different faiths.

12 January 2016

Archbishop of Canterbury welcomes Shia theologians to Lambeth Palace

The Archbishop of Canterbury has welcomed a group of Shia theologians to Lambeth Palace at the culmination of three days of dialogue with Christian theologians.

18 December 2015

Anglican and Muslim leaders discuss combatting violence done in the name of religion

Terrorism results from the misuse of religious texts taken out of context; and sound teaching is needed to combat its aggressive ideology, Anglican and Islamic leaders agreed this week during a meeting Cairo.

11 December 2015

Imams and Priests celebrate the Together for Egypt project

On Tuesday evening (10 December) over 200 Imams and Priests gathered to celebrate at the conclusion of the three-year Together for Egypt program and receive certificates of completion.

10 December 2015

Girls in School; Girls with Dignity: Our commitment during the 16 Days and beyond

A joint statement from the Anglican Communion, Church of Sweden, Finn Church Aid, Islamic Relief Worldwide, Lutheran World Federation, Mission 21, World Communion of Reformed Churches, World Council of Churches, and World Young Christian Women’s Association (YWCA)

25 November 2015

Paris' Episcopal cathedral hosts interfaith evening for peace and dialogue

A few days after a series of terrorist attacks devastated France and Lebanon, Muslim and Christian leaders gathered in Paris on 17 November for an evening of discussions about peace-making efforts and the role of religion in education, promoting dialogue and bringing an end to violence around the world.

19 November 2015

Anglican Archbishops meet with Coptic Pope and Grand Imam of Al-Azhar

In significant meetings in Cairo last week alliances were formed for peace between Muslims and Christians in Sudan, South Sudan and Malaysia. The Primate of Jerusalem and the Middle East, Archbishop Mouneer Anis, organised meetings between Anglican leaders and the Grand Iman of Al-Azhar – the renowned Islamic university, mosque and centre in Cairo – and the Coptic Pope.

10 November 2015

Faiths walk together to affirm common humanity

A rabbi, an imam and a priest walk into a synagogue. No, it’s not the start of a joke: it was all part of the Jewish Christian Muslim Association’s (JCMA) Friendship Walk, held on Sunday 11 October.

06 November 2015

Melbourne Anglicans join interfaith peace march

Christians, Jews and Muslims will take part in an interfaith walk for peace in Melbourne, Australia on Sunday afternoon to “celebrate and cement their unity.”

07 October 2015

Archbishop Welby addresses Muslim Council of Wales

Primates of Wales, Scotland and Ireland join Archbishop at event looking at interfaith collaboration

02 October 2015